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Biography |
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1953 |
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Born in Prague |
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Since 1995 professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague |
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Lives and works in Prague |
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Exhibitions |
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2010 |
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Secession, Vienna (solo) |
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2009 |
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Krobath, Vienna (solo) |
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2009 |
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Krobath, Berlin (solo) |
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2009 |
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Jirí Kovanda - 1,2,3, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2009 |
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Ohne Uns!, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany (group) |
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2009 |
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Energy and Proces (Landscape and Action), Tate Modern, London (group) |
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2009 |
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Inéditos 2009 / A la vuelta de la esquina, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (group) |
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2009 |
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Any-Instant-Whatever, Bunkier sztuki, Krakow (group) |
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2009 |
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Very Simple Actions without Any Particular Purpose, Artra, Milan, Italy (group) |
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2009 |
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Tschechische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany (group) |
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2009 |
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1, 2, 3, Wallspace, New York, USA (solo) |
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2009 |
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When attitudes…, The Printemps de Septembre – ŕ Toulouse. Festival de création contemporaine, Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse, France (group) |
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2009 |
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40 Lives of One Space, 3 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, former Red October chocolate factory / Confectionary Hall, Moscow (group) |
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2009 |
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Historical Work - Vilém Kabzan, Jirí Kovanda, Marek Meduna, Michal Pěchouček, Pavel Sterec, Jirí Thýn, Tomáš Vaněk, Galerie Václava Špály, Prague (goup) |
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2009 |
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IT RESTS BY CHANGING - Rolf Julius, Jiří Kovanda, Roman Signer, Franz Erhard Walther, Galeria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy (goup) |
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2009 |
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Pičces des résistance: Forman von Widerstand in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunstmuseum Thun (group) |
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2009 |
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FLOWER POWER, Craa Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania (group) |
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2009 |
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Julius Koller & Jiri Kovanda, Ludlow 38, New York (group) |
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2009 |
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The Death of the Audience, Secession, Vienna (group) |
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2009 |
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Gone to Croatan, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun (group) |
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2009 |
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Monument of Transformation, City Gallery, Prague (group) |
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2009 |
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Jirí Kovanda – Hommage an Július Koller (1939–2007), Tschechisches Zentrum, Vienna (group) |
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2009 |
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Minimal Shift, Galeria Jana Koniarka, Trnava (group) |
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2009 |
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Performing the East, Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria (group) |
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2008 |
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...No places no frontiers..., Dominik Art Projects, Krakow (group) |
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2008 |
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All The Best: Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Gallery One One One, London (group) |
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2008 |
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Stains, Gallery Futura, Prague (with E. Kotatkova) (solo) |
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2008 |
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Golden Ring, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Prague (solo) |
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2008 |
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Windows, Fishes, Geraniums, Gallery 5. patro, Prague (solo) |
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2008 |
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Art Sheffield 08 – Yes, No & Other Options, Situ Gallery, Sheffield (group) |
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2008 |
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You Are My Mirror 1: L’Infamille, FRAC Centre Lorraine, Metz, France (group) |
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2008 |
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La Foule / Zéro–Infini, Espace d’Art Contemporain la Tôlerie, Clermond Ferrand (group) |
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2008 |
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Michel de Certeau, OUI, Grenoble (group) |
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2008 |
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Fetish versus Evocation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Crossing 68/89, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (group) |
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2008 |
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Between Concept and Action, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin, Italy (group) |
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2008 |
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Mind Expanders, Mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (group) |
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2008 |
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Collection premier mouvement. Des contes, des images, quelques tableaux et un théatre invisible, Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain, Chateau de Rochechouart (group) |
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2008 |
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Sécurité Qualité Précision Innovation Modernité, Abbaye du Ronceray, Angers (group) |
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2008 |
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Why Here Is Always Somewhere Else, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (group) |
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2008 |
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Playtime, Bétonsalon, Paris (group) |
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2008 |
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Curator Curator #2: What is my name, HISK, Ghent (group) |
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2008 |
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Pink Carpet, CGAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago di Compostela, Spain (solo) |
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2008 |
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Jirí Kovanda - Killing The Blues, Galerie ad astra, Kurim (solo) |
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2008 |
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Jiri Kovanda – Resistance, Dominik Art Projects, Krakow (solo) |
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2008 |
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Als ich klein war, spielte ich mit den Mädchen / When I was a little boy, I used to play with girls, GKK - Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová (solo) |
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2008 |
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Two Cushions, GB - Agency, Paris (solo) |
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2007 |
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Jiri Kovanda versus the Rest of the World, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna (solo) |
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2007 |
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GB-Agency, Paris (solo) |
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2007 |
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Moravska galerie, Brno (solo) |
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2007 |
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Performance, Tate Gallery, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Actions and Interruptions, Tate Modern, London (group) |
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2007 |
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A CDEFGHIJK MNOPQ STUV Z, Frac Ile de France / Le Plateau, Paris (group) |
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2007 |
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Claydon, Jürgensen, Kovanda, Reyle, Veilhan, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (group) |
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2007 |
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Situations - Performances in De Appel: Jiri Kovanda vs The Rest of The World, De Appel, Amsterdam (solo) |
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2007 |
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Untitled, Vernon Project, Prague (solo) |
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2007 |
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Johnen Gallery, Berlin, Germany (with J. Merta) (solo) |
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2007 |
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Ver bailar. Dialogo entre la danza y las bellas artes, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempoáneo, Sevilla, Spain (group) |
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2007 |
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Tanzen Sehen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany (group) |
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2007 |
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Contacts 2007, Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová (group) |
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2007 |
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Form Follows… Risk, Futura / Karlin Studios, Prague; Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava (group) |
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2007 |
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3rd Prag Biennale, Prague (group) |
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2007 |
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GALERIE. FOCUS WIEN, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria (group) |
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2007 |
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Some Time Waiting, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris (group) |
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2007 |
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Heretic and Co. / Golden City, Jiří Svestka Gallery, Prague (group) |
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2007 |
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KONTAKT Belgrade...works from the Collection of Erste Bank Group, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (group) |
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2007 |
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With Only Exceptions New, Wannieck Gallery, Brno (group) |
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2007 |
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Why do you Resist, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (group) |
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2007 |
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Pleskot, Zdenek Sklenar Gallery, Prague (group) |
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2007 |
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Tomas Cisarovsky, Jirí Kovanda, Petr Pastrnak, Fifth Floor Gallery, Prague (group) |
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2007 |
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Why do you Resist, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem (group) |
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2007 |
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documenta 12, Fridericianum, Kassel (group) |
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2007 |
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Intocable (el ideal de la trasparencia), Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain (group) |
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2007 |
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Czech Contemporary Art from the Collection of Richard Adam, Wannieck Gallery, Brno (group) |
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2007 |
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Invisible Things, Trafo Gallery, Budapest (group) |
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2007 |
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RÜCKBLENDE, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (group) |
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2007 |
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auch nicht und nur das, Arthotek München, Munich (group) |
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2006 |
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Replaced, Barbara Klímová, Brno |
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2006 |
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More Stories on Absence, Extra City, Antwerp |
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2006 |
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Pozvao sam par prijatelja da bace pogled, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic & Galerija Nova, Zagreb |
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2006 |
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Kontakt, MUMOK - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna |
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2006 |
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Radši bych byl andělem, Studio of Josef Sudek, Prague (solo) |
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2006 |
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The First Kovanda’s Retrospective, Gallery Zdenek Sklenar, Prague (solo) |
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2006 |
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Index, Stockholm, Sweden (with J. Koller) (solo) |
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2006 |
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Tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (group) |
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2006 |
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Replaced, Barbara Klímová, Brno (group) |
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2006 |
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Galerie Na bidylku, Brno (with G. J. Dokoupil) (group) |
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2006 |
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More Stories on Absence, Extra City, Antwerp (group) |
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2006 |
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I (ICH), Galerie, Grafisches Kabinett, Secession, Vienna (group) |
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2006 |
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Pozvao sam par prijatelja da bace pogled, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevič & Galerija Nova, Zagreb (group) |
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2006 |
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Já / I, Futura, Prague (group) |
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2006 |
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Já / I, Futura, Prague (solo) |
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2006 |
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Get Together, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (group) |
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2006 |
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Grey Zones, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (group) |
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2006 |
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Narrow Focus, Gallery Futura, Prague (group) |
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2006 |
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Kontakt, MUMOK - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (group) |
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2006 |
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Jiri Kovanda VS reste du monde (Tentatives de Rapprochement), gb agency, Paris (solo) |
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2006 |
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Galerie Na bidylku, Brno (with G. J. Dokoupil) (solo) |
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2006 |
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Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna (solo) |
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2006 |
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Gallery Jeleni, Prague (solo) |
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2005 |
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From the Third Side, Dům Umĕní - House of Arts, České Budějovice (solo) |
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2005 |
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I Hunted for Zoo, A.M. 180, Prague (solo) |
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2005 |
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East Art Museum, Karl Ernst Osthaus – Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany (group) |
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2005 |
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Czech Photography of 20th Century, Museum of Applied Arts, Prague (group) |
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2005 |
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Prague Biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prague (group) |
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2005 |
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Support 3 (Fluxus, Happening, Konzeptkunst), Neue Galerie, Graz (group) |
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2005 |
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1811197604122005, galeria plan b, Cluj (group) |
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2004 |
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Eintritt Frei, BAWAG Foundation, Wien, Austria (group) |
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2004 |
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Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (group) |
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2004 |
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Parallel Actions, Galerie der HGB, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany (group) |
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2004 |
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Being the Future, Palast der Republik, Berlin (group) |
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2004 |
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Neutral, Motörenhalle, Dresden, Germany (group) |
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2004 |
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Cordially Invited, BAK and Centraal Museum, Utrecht (group) |
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2004 |
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De ma fenetre, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris (group) |
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2004 |
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I am not Against, House of Lords of Kunstat, Brno (solo) |
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2004 |
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The Second Half, Gallery Sternberk, Sternberk (solo) |
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2003 |
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Wir müssen heute noch an Ihr Vorstellungsvermögen appellieren..., Kölnischer Kunsverein, Cologne (group) |
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2003 |
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Parallel Actions, acfny - Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (group) |
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2002 |
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FAIR, Royal College of Art, London (group) |
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2002 |
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arty, Café Bystrica, Bratislava (group) |
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2002 |
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Open Gallery, Bratislava (with D. Lehocka) (solo) |
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2002 |
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Gallery Na bidylku, Brno (with J. Mancuska) (solo) |
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2001 |
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Die Sammlung, MUMOK - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (group) |
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2001 |
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Body and the East, Exit Art, New York (group) |
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2001 |
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Object, Object, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague (group) |
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2000 |
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ÜberlebenKunst, Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Berlin (group) |
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2000 |
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Sunflower, AP Atelier, Prague (solo) |
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1999 |
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Drawings 1970–1999, Gallery Na bidylku, Brno (solo) |
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1999 |
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Perplex, V. Spala’s Gallery, Prague (group) |
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1999 |
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Brother’s Brother, V. Löffler’s Museum, Kosice (group) |
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1999 |
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99 CZ – Nineties, Wenceslas Square no. 15 and other spaces, Prague (group) |
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1999 |
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Aspekte/Positionen. 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949–1999, Museum moderner Kunst, Palais Lichtenstein, 20er Haus, Vienna (group) |
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1998 |
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Reduced Budget, Manes, Prague (group) |
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1998 |
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Liste 98 – The Young Art Fair, Werkraum Warteck, Basel (group) |
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1998 |
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Body and the East, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (group) |
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1998 |
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Sensitivities – Contemporary Art of Cenral Europe, European Academy for the Arts, London (group) |
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1998 |
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A Favourable Moment, Gallery MXM, Prague (solo) |
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1997 |
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Demode, Gallery U dobreho pastyre, Brno (group) |
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1997 |
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Cse(h)ndes üzenetek, Budapest Galeria, Budapest (group) |
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1997 |
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Nina at Work, Gallery Mala Spalovka, Prague (solo) |
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1996 |
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Gallery Caesar, Olomouc (solo) |
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1996 |
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Gallery 761, Ostrava (solo) |
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1996 |
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White Food, Gallery MXM, Prague (with V. Skrepl) (solo) |
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1996 |
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Czech Abstraction, V. Spala’s Gallery, Prague (group) |
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1996 |
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L’art au corps, MAC - galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, France (group) |
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1995 |
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Test Run, Manes, Prague (group) |
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1995 |
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Gallery MXM, Prague (solo) |
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1995 |
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Forum Stadtpark, Graz (with V. Skrepl) (solo) |
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1994 |
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Gallery of J. Kral, House of Art, Brno (solo) |
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1993 |
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Gallery Na bidylku, Brno (solo) |
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1993 |
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Second Exit, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (group) |
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1993 |
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Czech Works on Paper, South Bank Centre, London (group) |
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1993 |
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That What Is Left, Stenc’s House, Prague (group) |
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1993 |
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Europe Without Walls, City Art Galleries, Manchester (group) |
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1992 |
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Sirup, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich (group) |
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1992 |
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Gray Brick 35/1992, GKK - Galerie Klatovy / Klenová, Klenová (group) |
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1992 |
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Czech Painting and Sculpture after 1945, Alsova jihoceska galerie, Hluboka nad Vltavou (group) |
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1992 |
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Gallery MXM, Prague (with M. Dopitova) (solo) |
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1991 |
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Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (solo) |
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1991 |
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New Intimacy, ULUV, Prague (group) |
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1991 |
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Contribution to Happiness, Galerie der Künstler, Munich (group) |
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1991 |
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The Exhibition of the Contemporary Czech Art, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei (group) |
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1990 |
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Contemporary Czech Painting, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul (group) |
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1990 |
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Gallery Pohlhammer, Steyr (with G. Hosovsky and L. Teren) (solo) |
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1989 |
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Cultural Center Opatov, Prague (solo) |
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1989 |
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Metaphysical Visions: Middle Europe, Artists Space, New York (group) |
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1989 |
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Description of a Fight, Gallery of Art, Roudnice nad Labem (group) |
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1988 |
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Painting of the 80’ Generation, Palace of Youth, Moscow (group) |
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1988 |
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Little Exhibition Hall, Liberec (with M. John and V. Skrepl) (solo) |
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1987 |
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Exhibition 30, People’s House, Prague (group) |
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1986 |
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Body in the Czechoslovak Photography, Museum Kromerizska, Kromeriz (group) |
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1984 |
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Futurum, Prague (solo) |
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1981 |
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Returns to Nature, Salon Fotografia, Belgrade (group) |
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1979 |
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Places and Moments, Galeria Foto-Medium-Art, Breslau (group) |
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1979 |
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Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam (group) |
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1978 |
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Experience Book, Gallery Maki, Tokyo |
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1977 |
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Laboratorio, Milan, Italy (group) |
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1976 |
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Gallery Mospan, Warsaw (solo) |
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